HERO OF ALEXANDRIA

MECHANICS AND CATOPTRICS

Catoptrics is the branch of optics dealing with the phenomena of reflected light and mirrors.

EDITED AND TRANSLATED

IN THE APPENDIX, EXCERPTS FROM

OLYMPIODORUS, VITRUVIUS, PLINY, CATO, AND PSEUDO-EUCLID.

These are classical authors whose works complement Hero's theories on engineering and physics.

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LEIPZIG,

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1900.